Explore the (deliberate) similarities between Barack Obama and The West Wing‘s Matt Santos with this Slate article and mash-up.
Month: November 2008
Thursday’s kinky news
Doctor Who
- An interview with David Morrissey [spoilers?]
Film
- Universal Soldier 3 sort of news
- Jack Black to star in Gulliver’s Travels
- Henry Cavill to star as Theseus, Sam Worthington to play Perseus in War of the Gods and the remake of Clash of the Titans
- John Boorman to direct CGI version of The Wizard of Oz
- Annette Bening and Naomi Watts to star in Mother and Child
- Antonio Banderas to play Dali?
- Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li and Jason Statham to star in The Expendables
- Ron Perlman and Saffron Burrows to star in Carjacked
- Marc Forster to direct Die Bad remake
- Brad Pitt to star in Battling Boy adaptation?
- Second Sex and the City movie will happen
Commercials
- Cadbury wants your help with Wispa campaign
Art
- Tate lost out on 30 Rothko works
Music
- Kinks writing new material for reunion album
Theatre
- Mandy Patinkin one-man show coming to the West End
British TV
- True Blood acquired by (you guessed it) FX for Summer broadcast
- Five to launch on Freesat
- It’s the Survivors press pack
US TV
- New promo for Dollhouse
- A&E developing paranormal procedural
- Alyssa Milano comedy cancelled before it airs
- James Van Der Beek and David Denman join Eva Adams pilot
- ABC reduces order for midseason dramas The Castle and The Unusuals
- Alex Kingston returning to ER for final series
Wednesday’s Obama Obama Obama news
Happy Bonfire Night, too!
Doctor Who
- New Doctor to be announced on Children in Need?
- Obama
- McGann denies rumours
Film
- Trailer for Dreamworks’ Monsters vs Aliens
- Rays Winstone and Liotta to join cast of 13
- Franka Potente to star in Wave
- Obama
Art
- Edvard Munch’s “Vampire” fetches $38m
British TV
- Being Human: the new cast
- Sky channels to return to Virgin
- Obama
- Gervais planning TV spin-off from next movie
US TV
- TNT announces casts for pilots The Line and Bunker Hill
- Obama
- Obama
- Obama
Tuesday’s important election news
Doctor Who
- Billie Piper to play the next Doctor??
- Steven Moffat almost managed to persuade DT to stay…
- …and he might well return
- SM wants next Doctor to be over 40?
Film
- Jenna Fischer to star in A Little Help
- Russell Brand to play Johnny Depp’s brother in Pirates of the Caribbean 4?
- Peter Serafinowicz to appear in Couples’ Retreat
- Three Stooges to return for Farrelly Brothers project
- Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise to star in remake of Anthony Zimmer?
Theatre
- Richard Dreyfuss to star in Complicit at the Old Vic
International TV
- Ron Livingston to star in Defying Gravity for Fox, CTV, ProSieben and the BBC
British TV
- No replacement for Film 2008
- Wallace and Gromit back for Christmas
US TV
TV reviews
Review: The Sarah Jane Adventures 2×6
It’s the second part of that story about astrology: don’t tell me you didn’t see it coming?